Review of the Beauty Therapy, Tattooing and piercing bylaw 2023
The bylaw and code of practice address the levels of risk associated with beauty therapy, skin piercing and tattooing activities, and provides clear standards for how operators will minimise and maintain associated risks. The bylaw establishes standards to promote and protect public health.
The Policy & Services Committee considered submissions on Tuesday 28 November 2023. As a result of the submissions, further amendments to the draft bylaw and code of practice were approved. While some amendments were minor to improve consistency between documents, new provisions have been added. These include:
- Section 7 of the Beauty Therapy, Tattooing and Piercing Bylaw now includes clause e)
e) The requirement to meet a minimum standard may be waived if the council is satisfied that an alternative method will achieve a similar standard.
- The Beauty Therapy, Tattooing and Piercing Bylaw now includes section 10, Restrictions
Restricted services
a) commercial services that pierce the eyeball (including eyeball tattooing) are prohibited unless undertaken by appropriately qualified health practitioners covered by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 in the practice of their profession.
Related information
Ophthalmologists (eye specialists) are the only health practitioners that can currently carry out eyeball tattoo
For more information, please see the Beauty Therapy, Tattooing and Piercing Bylaw 2023 and Code of Practice.
B Sutherland | Director Environmental Services